Birgit Schweiger

Birgit Schweiger

About Birgit Schweiger

I take my inspiration out of my surroundings. For this purpose I "use" people sitting, standing, walking somewhere without noticing their surroundings, sometimes totally lost in thoughts of their own world.
This could be some wish of myself, not to be distracted by my surrounding which is not always the easy one for me.
Mostly I work with self created fotomaterial, Acrylic and/or Oil on Canvas, recently more experimenting with watercolours.
I like painting with strong colours and strong ductus to boost with this technique and create strong contrast with light/shadows.
Sometimes I need some break from humans and then I try to work with industry objects, industrial halls or quite different only dig into nature - big landscapes, snow, grass. Just because I like it and to calm down.
I´m no do-gooder but I love it when people take the time and study my paintings and they have a good feeling with it. Just because the paintings are very strong in colours/shadows/highlights or the topic is interesting or maybe sometimes only to stay for a short while in the world I show.